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// Learning from Celestia 
// Story: Fractured Moon 
// by DefiantPosition 
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Nightmare Moon and Rarity are having the time of their lives. It has been ages since they got to spend time together as friends instead of leader and subordinate. But unfortunately it is not to last, a servant approaches the two and tells Rarity that Stars Whirl and Starry Glory require her presence in the castle for the first meeting of the Night Guard Counsel.

As Rarity is leaving Nightmare Moon grabs her shoulder.

"Hey Rarity, thanks for this, it was fun we should to this again some time."

"I am sure I can make some time in my schedule, maybe I can even make you a new dress." Rarity says while smiling before making her way back to the castle.

Nightmare Moon also begin walking back but she smiles all the way, both because of her time with Rarity but also because she knows her plan to mend the relationship between Stars Whirl, Starry Glory and Rarity will work.

As much as she hated to admit it, Celestia did have a point when she said that students follow their teacher. Luckily for Nightmare Moon this also counts for sisters. After her tirade against her big sister she suddenly remembered something, the reason why Twilight became friends with her friends was because Celestia had decided so. She knew about Rarity and her friends and had send Twilight there knowing that the return of nightmare Moon would force them to work together and become friends in the process.

So Nightmare Moon decided that if this method worked for her sister it would also work for her. Of course there was still the issue of how, the three troublemakers lived completely separately a had different jobs which made having them work together more difficult.

However just as she was about to cast away the idea as impossible Nightmare Moon saw Starry Glory's dream about the reforming the Night Guard. While these reforms where necessary for the security of the Lunar Empire it wasn't difficult to imagine that this would only further increase the rift between Starry Glory and Rarity and Starswirl.

So then she came up with the plan to have the Night Guard ruled by a counsel consisting of the three. It would give Nightmare Moon the best of both worlds, a powerful organisation to keep the Lunar Empire safe and by having Rarity, Stars Whirl and Starry Glory work together they would become friends.

"Take that Celestia! I will teach them violence and friendship at the same time." Nightmare Moon says to herself while smiling.